| 词条 | Sybil le Brocquy |
| 释义 |
| name = Sybil le Brocquy | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = 21 December 1892 | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | death_date = 4 September 1973 | death_place = Dublin, Ireland | occupation = Writer | nationality = Irish | period = | genre = Plays }}Sybil le Brocquy (21 December 1892–4 September 1973) was an Irish playwright, patron of the arts and conservationist.[1][2] Life and workBorn Helen Mary Sybil Staunton in Herbert St., Dublin to Dorothy Eleanor Redington and Peter Maurice Staunton.[2][3] Her father was barrister who later became a solicitor.[4] Though he moved to Aram Lodge, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon where he practised law, le Brocquy grew up in Dublin and Howth going to secondary school in Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham, and later at Loreto Convent, St. Stephen’s Green.[5][6] She went on to study German and singing in Coblenz. She married Albert le Brocquy on 15 December 1915 and settled in Dublin. They had three children, Louis, Noel and Melanie.[1][7][8] le Brocquy became involved in various women's movements helping to organise the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in July, 1926. She was involved with the League of Nations Association as well as helping to establish Irish Civil Rights, PEN, and Amnesty in Ireland. She was an active member of Old Dublin Society and for a time president of the Irish Women Writers’ Society. She acted with the Drama League appearing as “Helen Staunton. She wrote plays and dramatic pieces which were staged by the Drama League at the Abbey Theatre and broadcast by Radio Éireann.[1][9] Her writings and work were often historically investigative, finding Yeats birthplace and arguing that Swift had a child by Vanessa. She was involved in the Swift Tercentenary celebrations with Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh. As a result of her work, including with Trinity College Dublin Library and representing the Library on the Royal Irish Academy’s National Committee for Anglo-Irish Literature, she was co-opted to the Cultural Committee of the Department of External Affairs and appointed a Trustee of the National Library of Ireland. le Brocquy was an excellent organiser and fundraiser and was heavily responsible for securing a money for the Gate Theatre, Dublin in 1970. She also initiated the literary prize, the Book of the Year award.[1][10][9] However le Brocquy became ill with an undiagnosed illness and died on 4 September 1973 at the Meath Hospital, Dublin.[1] Bibliography
References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web | url=http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/l/LeBrocquy_S/life.htm | title=Sybil le Brocquy | publisher=Ricorso | accessdate=31 July 2018}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/4310c80261901|title=Baptism record}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1893/02316/1868037.pdf|title=Birth registration}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1946/04610/4222605.pdf|title=Death record}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Mansion_House/St__Stephen_s_Green__East/87370/|title=Census for Stephen's green 1911}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Dublin/Howth/Burrow/1270423/|title=Census 1901}} 7. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/one-of-ireland-s-greatest-artists-1.511217 | title=One of Ireland's greatest artists | publisher=The Irish Times | accessdate=31 July 2018}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1915/09831/5569587.pdf|title=Marriage record}} 9. ^1 {{cite web | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/an-irish-literary-set-that-was-more-bloomsbury-than-barstool-1.2203909 | title=An Irish literary set that was more Bloomsbury than barstool | publisher=The Irish Times | accessdate=31 July 2018}} 10. ^1 {{cite web | url=https://www.lilliputpress.ie/author_post/sybil-le-brocquy | title=Sybil le Brocquy | publisher=lilliput press | accessdate=31 July 2018}} Further reading
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